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Al-Ma'idah 5:38

وَٱلسَّارِقُ وَٱلسَّارِقَةُ فَٱقۡطَعُوٓاْ أَيۡدِيَهُمَا جَزَآءَۢ بِمَا كَسَبَا نَكَٰلٗا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٞ

As for male and female thieves, cut off their hands for what they have done—a deterrent from Allah. And Allah is Almighty, All-Wise.

Word by word

وَٱلسَّارِقُ
wal-sāriqu
And (for) the male thief
Vocabulary
Root: سرق
وَٱلسَّارِقَةُ
wal-sāriqatu
and the female thief
Vocabulary
Root: سرق
فَٱقۡطَعُوٓاْ
fa-iq'ṭaʿū
[then] cut off
Vocabulary
Root: قطع
أَيۡدِيَهُمَا
aydiyahumā
their hands
Vocabulary
Root: يدي
جَزَآءَۢ
jazāan
(as) a recompense
Vocabulary
Root: جزي
بِمَا
bimā
for what
Vocabulary
كَسَبَا
kasabā
they earned
Vocabulary
Root: كسب
نَكَٰلٗا
nakālan
(as) an exemplary (punishment)
Vocabulary
Root: نكل
مِّنَ
mina
from
Vocabulary
ٱللَّهِۗ
l-lahi
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
عَزِيزٌ
ʿazīzun
(is) All-Mighty
Vocabulary
Root: عزز
حَكِيمٞ
ḥakīmun
All-Wise
Vocabulary
Root: حكم

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.